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Client Alert | 4 min read | 10.14.26 At a glance: A New Mexico jury found Meta liable for nearly 44 million deceptive trade practice violations based on misleading privacy and platform-safety statements—showing that public-facing privacy claims can create significant consumer-protection exposure. On September 25, 2026, a jury in the State of New Mexico v. Facebook, Inc. trial found that Meta, formerly Facebook, violated New Mexico’s Unfair Practices Act (UPA) almost 44 million times.

On October 1, 2026, Judge Brian M. Cogan of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York denied NYP’s motion to dismiss a consolidated antitrust complaint brought by three self-funded union health plans. The ruling is significant for two reasons. First, it demonstrates that plaintiffs can successfully allege market power against hospital systems even in the absence of traditionally high market shares.

Collateral optimisation, liability management, and credit restructuring in the U.K. and European mid-market Publication | 10.12.26 White Paper In today’s mid-market, collateral is a dynamic, actively managed asset that can generate liquidity, reduce funding costs, unlock liability management options, and — in the wrong hands — erode a creditor’s recovery without a single covenant being breached.

Home |Insights |“Evidence in the Age of AI: Digital Evidence, Deepfakes and Manipulated Evidence,” October 10, 2026, Association of Business Trial Lawyers 52nd Annual Seminar Speaking Engagement | 10.10.26 On October 10, 2026, Partner Matthew F.

Event | 10.16.26 - 10.18.26, 4:00 PM PDT - 12:30 PM PDT | CLE Offered Tenaya Lodge at Yosemite 1122 Highway 41 Fish Camp, CA 93623 The Environmental Law Conference at Yosemite® is nationally recognized as the largest and most prestigious gathering in California of leaders in environmental, land use, and natural resources law.

For multi-channel marketers, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) has been a persistent and evolving compliance preoccupation. Businesses that rely on automated texts and robocalls to engage customers, particularly in retail, financial services, health care, and political campaigning, have had to navigate its consent requirements with care.

The Rule of Two is a vital mechanism for ensuring that contracting officers satisfy the federal government’s statutory requirement that 23% of U.S. prime contracts be issued to small businesses. FAR 19.502-2(b) (19.104-1(a) of the RFO) requires that agencies set aside procurements for small businesses when there is a reasonable expectation that at least two responsible small businesses will submit offers at fair market prices.

At a glance: Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 690, amending CIPA to restrict private plaintiffs from bringing “pen register” and “trap and trace” claims arising from web-based conduct. The amendment is meant to reduce the wave of private CIPA litigation targeting website tracking technology.

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Doha, Qatar – Oct. 7, 2026: Crowell & Moring was named Law Firm of the Year – Qatar at the LexisNexis Middle East Legal Awards 2026. The awards celebrate legal excellence, innovation, and leadership among law firms, in-house legal departments, and legal professionals across the Middle East. Crowell was also shortlisted for Banking & Finance Team of the Year and Corporate-Commercial Team of the Year.